Roy Helu

Last month, I wrote a column on Ten Simple Steps for the Dolphins to take in the off-season. Well, it’s time for an update – and a thorough upgrade in some cases. If draftniks get to do several mock drafts each year, so do I. Some points have stayed the same and some have changed in my Ten Simple Off-Season Steps 2.0 for the Dolphins: 1.Slash $34 million. This is the first step. Here are the salary-cap casualties (in millions) to free up possibilities: Dannell Ellerbe ($8.45) and Brian Hartline ($5.95) are the two allowable players for post-June 1 savings released before then. The others: Brandon Gibson ($3.26); Cortland Finnegan ($5.48), Randy Starks ($5); Shelley Smith...

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Last month, I wrote a column on Ten Simple Steps for the Dolphins to take in the off-season. Well, it’s time for an update – and a thorough upgrade in some cases. If draftniks get to do several mock drafts each year, so do I. Some points have stayed the...

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